The Citizen, 2016-05-19, Page 1INSIDE
THIS WEEK:
SPORTS - Pg. 8
Madill students excel at
track and field meet
AUCTIONEERING - Pg. 11
Brussels proves excellent host
for national championships
EVENT - Pg. 19
Auburn church brings
renowned author to Huron
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Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, May 19, 2016
Send in the clowns
Hullett Central Public School students were in Blyth last
week for their spring operetta that brought with it a very
distinct clown theme. The extravaganza involved plenty of
music, comedy and magic tricks, all on the Blyth Memorial
Community Hall stage. Singing, dancing and overall acting
clownish were, from left: Mikayla Brak, Taylor Proctor, Emma
Bernier, Darcie Brohman, Alaina Poland, Myah Fleet and Jaden
Shortreed. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Threshers, Barn Dance featured in new film
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The music of Huron County past
and present is the focus of a new
documentary and several Blyth and
Brussels events figure prominently
in the film.
Deep Roots: The Music of Huron
County is a special production of the
Huron Arts and Heritage Network
(HAHN) which employed FauxPop
Media to look at what makes Huron
County such a musical place to be.
FauxPop Media worked to
condense the music of Huron
County, going back a century, to 88
minutes of footage which could not
have been easy given the breadth of
work they covered.
"The events that were shot
included the annual Barn Dance
Jamboree [at Blyth], the annual
reunion of the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association [at
Blyth], the Brussels Fiddle
Jamboree, Tuesday Tunes [in
Seaforthl and the Celtic Roots
Festival [in Goderich]," Huron
County Cultural Development
Officer Rick Sickinger said. "We
started with the Threshers and kind
of ended with the Goderich Celtic
Festival, from the standpoint of the
documentary."
Sickinger said that, alongside
shots and interviews at the above
events, a number of interviews were
conducted with people responsible
for the events as well as with the
musicians that are featured in them.
The film was produced, in part, at
the Grant and Mildred Sparling
Centre, the previous Blyth Public
School, and the location made sense
as Blyth hosts several musically -
focused events. The Garden at Blyth,
the community -worked garden at the
centre, provided a backdrop for
many of the interviews according to
Sickinger.
While the film premiered at an
April 23 screening at the Livery
Spring Fling Film Festival in
Goderich, Sickinger said that efforts
are being made to have DVDs of the
documentary prepared.
"We're still working on creating
DVD copies of the show," he said.
"We're going to make copies
available through the Huron County
Library and the Huron County
Museum. One of our challenges in
getting it on DVD for public sales is
there are a lot of music credits in
there. We have to make sure we have
all the information from that
standpoint. We're tidying up some of
those credits before we can go
public with it."
The premiere of the film was a
well -attended and well-received
event according to Sickinger who
said there were 150 people on hand
for the film. The HAHN's Huron
County Cultural Awards earlier this
month also featured a short clip from
the film, which focused on the
Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby
Association's reunion.
HAHN worked alongside the
Huron Business Development
Corporation, Libro Credit Union and
Blyth Arts and Cultural Initiative
14/19 Inc. to bring in interns for the
project.
For more information, visit
www. creativehuron. c a
Blyth
140th
planning
begins
Blyth's 140th anniversary is
taking shape thanks to the efforts of
local community groups and
individuals.
Last week a meeting was held at
the Blyth Branch of the Royal
Canadian Legion hosted by the
Blyth Business Improvement Area
(BIA) to start planning the event.
When looking at the most basic
parts of the event, a date and
location, attendees came to the
realization that there were many
celebrations taking place throughout
the summer months including
celebrations for local groups as well.
Outside of Blyth, East Wawanosh
residents will be celebrating the
150th anniversary of their
community and Wingham will be
hosting its annual Canada Day
celebrations. This is on top of any
recurring events that hadn't been
discussed.
John Stewart, who, along with
Mary Lou Stewart, represented the
Blyth Lions at the meeting,
explained that 2017 is the 100th
anniversary of Lionism, or the Lions
organization, as a whole.
"We have no details right now, but
they are looking for specific projects
and promotions to celebrate that," he
said. "Hopefully we can combine
[that anniversary with the 140th
anniversary of the founding of
Blyth] together."
Lissa Kolkman, a representative
from the new Blyth gardening
group, said there was some
discussion about how Wingham
would celebrate and said the town
was looking to have red and white
flowers, ribbons and hanging
baskets, but had heard nothing of
specific events.
North Huron Economic
Development Officer Connie
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Fall Fair to introduce
younger ambassadors
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
a few more young people.
Sandra Cable, the former pastor of
Brussels United Church and a
In an effort to further engage the dedicated member of the Brussels
youth of Brussels and beyond, the Agricultural Society, is spearheading
Brussels Fall Fair is introducing an the program after seeing a similar
ambassador program aimed at the initiative take off in her home
youth of the community. community of Forest.
Two new positions, the Junior Cable thought it was a great idea
Ambassador and the Little and would be perfectly adaptable to
Ambassador, will be introduced for Brussels. So at the next meeting of
this year's fair in September in hopes the Agricultural Society, Cable
of bringing the spotlight to Continued on page 16